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The Japanese nation is in turmoil and on the verge of a collapse, the government must act to stop the violence from the nation's youth. They introduce a new measure 'Battle Royale' in which the pupils in a class from a randomly chosen school are taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death...

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EAN5027035007557

eBay Product ID (ePID)109472116

Product Key Features

ActorFujiwara Tatsuya, 'beat' Takeshi Kitano, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro

Film/TV TitleBattle Royale

DirectorKinji Fukasaku

LanguageJapanese

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time109 Mins

Release Year2011

FormatDVD

FranchiseBattle Royale

Features'Making Of' Featurette\Trailer\Booklet by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes\Interview with Director Kinki Fukasaku, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

Additional InformationIn a future where society is on the verge of collapse, the government takes drastic action against the problem of rebellious teenagers in this violent sci-fi opus from Japan. In the year 2002, Japan's economy has taken a dramatic turn for the worse, and massive unemployment and inflation have thrown most adults into a state of chaos; the nation's youth culture responds with unprecedented violence, delinquency, and truancy. Desperate to restore order, the Japanese parliament responds by creating the Millennial Reform School Act, in which groups of junior-high students are selected at random, sent to an isolated island, and forced to play a rigorous war game in which all but one of their number are killed. Kitano (Beat Takeshi) is an embittered school instructor who guides the 44 students of the Zentsuji Middle School's Class B through the deadly game known as 'Battle Royale', as they struggle to survive against the elements and each other. BATTLE ROYALE proved to be both successful and highly controversial in Japan, where it set box-office records and prompted political leaders to call for stricter controls on violence in Japanese entertainment.

ReviewsThe Times - Electrifying [...] breathtaking humour

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleBattle Royale

Consumer AdviceContains frequent strong violence and some strong language